Challenge Accepted!

So today in my e-mail inbox, a challenge was issued by Kasey Bell (@ShakeUpLearning) as she threw a gauntlet down to make "Every voice matter!" and not let fear stand in our way.  Well, challenge accepted!  Like I said in my last post, I've been adding to my PLN exponentially since I really got into Twitter in Jan 2015.  And like I stated last post, I feel confident seeking out my own learning opportunities.  Like the @edcampglobal T-shirt says, "You are what you PD."  And probably my favorite post from this past week came from The Colorful Principal, June 24th blog.  It touched on exactly how I was feeling this time last week.  Since this blogspot serves as my own reflection spot, I know I've learned much from these folks on Twitter and the blogs they write, so in case I'm not the only one reading this, here's a few folks that you could benefit from too (name is linked to their blog, and @ is linked to their Twitter page):

• Kasey Bell @ShakeUpLearning Kasey has tons of Google videos and helps on her blog!
• Tracy Clark @TracyClark08
• Matthew Lahey @m_lahey
• Alice Keeler @alicekeeler  Alice has tons of Google videos and helps on her blog!
• The Google Gooru @TheGoogleGooru Google Gooru YouTube Also tons of Google helps on this blog!
• Amy Mayer @friEdTechnology friEdTechnology YouTube
• Erin Klein @KleinErin
• Ben Gilpin @benjamingilpin Author of The Colorful Principal that I mentioned earlier.
• Todd Nesloney @TechNinjaTodd He also writes and has tons of resources on his shared site: The 3 Tech Ninjas.

This is by no means an exhaustive list, but these are the folks that I follow closely in my learning journey.  They have helped in ways sitting in a traditional PD class can never help, by sharing what I need, when I need it.  Traditional PD doesn't always have timely assistance like that of Twitter.  I do believe that "Every Voice Matters!" and these folks and MANY, MANY more are proof of that.